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Wjcl Certamen 2016 Intermediate Division Round One WJCL CERTAMEN 2016 INTERMEDIATE DIVISION ROUND ONE 1. In ancient Rome, what was the name for the days on which it was not permitted to engage in legal action or public voting? DIES NEFASTI B1. Among the days deemed nefasti for official business were the feriae. What were feriae? HOLIDAYS B2. What was the name for a day that was designated for the meeting of Roman assemblies? DIES COMITALIS 2. Using the verb fero, give the Latin for the following: “Carry the water, Brutus!” FER AQUAM, BRUTE! B1. Using the same verb, give the Latin for Brutus’ response: “I’ll carry it.” EAM/AQUAM FERAM B2. Give two other verbs that, like ferō, have an irregular singular imperative. DUCŌ/FACIŌ/DĪCO/NOLŌ 3. Which great warrior at Troy managed to wound both Aphrodite and Ares? DIOMEDES B1. Who guided Diomedes’ spear against Ares? ATHENA B2.Who was Aphrodite trying to protect when Diomedes injured her? AENEAS 4. Differentiate in meaning between rēgīna and rēgia. RĒGĪNA MEANS QUEEN; RĒGIA MEANS PALACE B1. Differentiate in meaning between volo, velle and volo, volare. VOLLE MEANS TO WANT/WISH; VOLARE MEANS TO FLY B2. Differentiate in meaning between quīdam and quidem. QUĪDAM MEANS A CERTAIN/SOMEONE; QUIDEM MEANS INDEED 5. Translate the following sentence into Latin: “I was sleeping under the tree.” DORMIĒBAM SUB ARBORE B1. Translate the following sentence into Latin: “Who spoke before you?” QUIS ANTE TĒ DĪXIT/DICĒBAT B2. Translate the following sentence into Latin using a participle: “I hear you singing.” AUDIŌ TĒ CANENTEM/CANTANTEM 6. At which battle of 202 BCE did Scipio Africanus achieve final victory over Hannibal, bringing an end to the Second Punic War? ZAMA B1. At which battle of 216 BCE did the Romans suffer perhaps their worst defeat in a land battle? CANNAE B2. Name the Roman general and consul who was killed at Cannae, causing the Roman people to become demoralized and afraid. LUCIUS AEMILIUS PAULLUS 7. Although Ixion thought he was loving Hera, he was actually loving her cloud carbon- copy. What was the name of this nebulous stand-in? NEPHELE B1. What race arose from the union of Nephele and Ixion? CENTAURS B2. What was Ixion’s punishment in the underworld. BOUND TO A FIERY WHEEL 8. Which type of toga was bleached with chalk to be a dazzling white color and could only be worn by candidates for public office? TOGA CANDIDA B1. Which toga was typically worn by Roman men after their coming of age? TOGA VIRILIS/TOGA ALBA/TOGA PURA B2. Which type of toga was shared by noble youths and certain magistrates? TOGA PRAETEXTA 9. What Latin word most nearly means “to sail”? NĀVIGŌ, -ĀRE, ĀVĪ, -ĀTUM B1. What Latin word most nearly means “fatherland”? PATRIA, PATRIAE B2. What Latin word most nearly means “cup”? PŌCULUM, PŌCULĪ/ CALIX,CALICIS/ CANTHARUS, CANTHARĪ 10. How did Odysseus try to avoid leaving Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War? FEIGNED MADNESS B1. How was Odysseus’ ploy uncovered? PALAMEDES PLACED HIS SON [TELEMACHUS] IN FRONT OF HIS PLOW AND ODYSSEUS VEERED B2. Why was Odysseus not so keen to go to Troy? ORACLE FORETOLD A LONG-DELAYED RETURN 11. From what Latin root verb with what meaning is the word “interrogate” derived? ROGŌ, ROGĀRE TO ASK B1. From what Latin verb with what meaning is the word “aberration” derived? ERRŌ, ERRĀRE TO WANDER/ERR B2. From what Latin verb with what meaning is the word “fragile” derived? FRANGŌ, FRANGERE TO BREAK 12. What is the ablative singular of the Latin word āmens? ĀMENTĪ B1. What is the genitive plural of the Latin word meaning “name”? NŌMINUM B2. What is the dative singular of the Latin name Juppiter? JOVĪ 13. It seems like Helen was always desirable. As a child, Helen was carried off by what hero as part of a pact made between friends to marry the daughters of Zeus? THESEUS B1. Who was Theseus’ friend who also made this pact? PIRITHOUS B2. Which daughter of Zeus did Pirithous try to abduct? PERSEPHONE 14. Which future Roman king was identified as a young child by a crown of fire that appeared around his head while he was sleeping? SERVIUS TULLIUS B1. With what Etruscan hero did the emperor Claudius later associate Servius Tullius? MASTARNA B2. To what deity did Servius Tullius build a shrine on the Aventine? DIANA 15. Answering in Latin, how many of the following prepositions can take an accusative object: cum, ob, in, ab, ex? DUO [OB and IN] B1. Answering in Latin, how many of the following verbs do not take an accusative object: video, sciō, damnō, capiō, bibō? NIHIL B2. Answering in Latin, how many of the following words could be in the accusative: castra, leōnēs, barbarus, animal, tōtō? TRĒS/TRIA 16. What sort of ablative is found in the following sentence: Aenēās saltāre incēpit cum amīcīs suīs? ABLATIVE OF ACCOMPANIMENT/ OBJECT OF PREPOSTION CUM B1. What type of ablative is found in the following sentence: Aenēās et amīcī excitāvērunt vīcīnōs saltatiōne? ABLATIVE OF MEANS B2. What sort of accusative is found in the following sentence: Aenēās amīcīque eius multās diēs saltābant? EXTENT OF TIME WJCL CERTAMEN 2016 INTERMEDIATE DIVISION ROUND TWO 1. What Theban princess buried her brother against her uncle’s wishes, after he died while trying to attack the Theban citadel? ANTIGONE B1. Who was the brother buried by Antigone? POLYNICES B2. Who was Antigone’s uncle? CREON 2. What sort of ablative occurs in the sentence: rēx in cubīlī salit? ABLATIVE OF PLACE WHERE/ OBJECT OF PREPOSITION IN B1. Translate the sentence “rēx in cubīlī salit” into English. THE KING IS JUMPING ON THE BED B2. How would the original sentence change is it instead meant “The king is jumping onto the bed”? CUBĪLĪ WOULD BE ACCUSATIVE/ CUBĪLĪ WOULD BE CUBĪLE 3. Under which emperor’s reign did the Roman Empire reach its greatest geographical extent? TRAJAN B1. Against which kingdom, which corresponds to modern-day Romania, did Trajan wage war in the early 100s CE? DACIA B2. Name the capital of Dacia. SARMIZEGETHUSA 4. Translate the following sentence into English: Caesar Rōmam virōs suōs dūxit. CAESAR LED HIS MEN TO/TOWARD ROME B1. Translate the following sentence into English: Ubī Rōmam advēnit, Caesar sē suōsque parāvit. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT ROME, CAESAR PREPARED HIMSELF AND HIS MEN B2. Translate the following sentence into English: Rōmanī valde territī erant, quod Caesaris milītēs erant fortissimi. THE ROMANS WERE VERY SCARED BECAUSE CAESAR’S SOLDIERS WERE VERY BRAVE/STRONG 5. A lot of English names have origins in Latin nouns. From what Latin word does the name Leticia come? LAETUS MEANING HAPPY/ LAETITIA MEANING HAPPINESS B1. Scattered around Wisconsin, you might have seen a lot of a particular type of tree, whose scientific name is quercus alba. Translated literally from Latin, what does quercus alba mean? WHITE OAK B2. Based on meaning of its roots, what does the word aqueduct mean? SOMETHING THAT LEADS WATER SOMEWHERE 6. Give the Latin name for the college of Roman religious officials, created by Numa Pompilius, who were known as the “jumping priests of Mars” for the leaping movements of their ritual dances? SALII B1. Give the Latin name for the college of Roman religious officials whose members advised the senate on foreign affairs and were responsible for the ritual declaration of war? FETIALES B2. Give the Latin name for the high priest of Jupiter, who alone of Roman religious officials was permitted to wear the apex, to have a lector, and to wear the toga praetexta. FLAMEN DIALIS 7. Give the nominative form of the phrase “that same huge dog.” ILLE/ILLA INGĒNS CANIS B1. Now make your answer accusative. ILLUM/ILLAM INGENTEM CANEM B2. Now make that answer genitive plural. ILLŌRUM/ILLĀRUM INGENTIUM CANUM 8. This daughter of Lycaon and lover of Zeus was turned into a bear. CALLISTO B1. Callisto was an attendant of what goddess? ARTEMIS B2. Who was Callisto’s son by Zeus? ARCAS 9. Who competed with Hiempsal and Adherbal for control of the Numidian throne? JUGURTHA B1. Which consul was responsible for making peace with Jugurtha in 112 BCE? LUCIUS OPIMIUS B2. Give the name of Jugurtha’s grandfather, another Numidian king who initially sided with the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War and later took the side of the Romans. MASINISSA 10. In book 10 of Homer’s Odyssey, what magical herb is given to Odysseus in order to protect him from Circe’s magic? MOLY B1. Who gave this herb to Odysseus? HERMES B2. Into what did Circe turn Odysseus’ men? SWINE/PIGS 11. Complete the following analogy: faciō : fēcī :: agō : _____________ ĒGĪ B1. Complete the following analogy: faciō : faciam :: agō : ___________ AGAM B2. Complete the following analogy: faciō : fēcerāmus :: ferō : ________ TULERĀMUS 12. From what Latin root verb, with what meaning, is the English word “attempt” derived? TEMPTŌ MEANING TO TRY/TEST B1. From what Latin root verb, with what meaning, is the English word “confluence” derived? FLUŌ MEANING TO FLOW/POUR/ B2. From what Latin root word, with what meaning, is the English word “innovate” derived? NOVUS MEANING NEW 13. Give the name for the speaker’s platform in the Roman forum, which was adorned with 6 prows from vanquished warships. ROSTRA B1. Prows from which battle of 338 BCE adorned the Rostra Vetera, the original speaker’s platform? ANTIUM B2. Prows from which battle of the Republic adorned the Rostra Iulii, another rostra later added in front of the Temple of Caesar? ACTIUM 14. Which of the following does not belong based on meaning: carcer, villa, navis, rēgia, templum? NAVIS B1.
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